Throughout the seventies and eighties Ken’s football career expanded across Western Australia and Victoria, playing for both Claremont and Carlton Football Clubs. He is a three- time premiership player. He has been inducted into the Carlton, WA and AFL Hall of Fame.
Ken was the first VFL/AFL player to publicly speak about his battle with severe depression within the game. This was at a time when mental illness was not spoken about and there were no support services available. It was ground breaking at the time and created enormous interest throughout Australia.
Having suffered multiple concussions throughout his career, on passing, as pledged Ken will donate his brain to the Australian Sports Brain Bank for research purposes.
Ken has long advocated more should be done for mental health & wellbeing for past players and the football community.
Peter is the founder and Managing Director of Integrity Business College a national registered training organisation specialising in IT and Business. Peter holds a Masters of Education and Graduate Diploma of Adult Education and Training.
Peter is the father of Daniel Venables, a first-round draft pick and a premiership player all by the age of 20. Cruelly his career was cut short following a major head trauma incident during an AFL match that resulted in seven brain bleeds. Daniel has since had continuous battles to get his health back on track.
Unfortunately, the level of industry support for Daniel following his injury was not best practice. As a parent, Peter and his wife Joanne experienced the hardships and disappointments of supporting his son and does not other parents and families to experience similar challenges. Peter is committed to challenge the AFL industry to do better in past player support.
Peter is the father of Daniel Venables, a first-round draft pick and a premiership player all by the age of 20. Cruelly his career was cut short following a major head trauma incident during an AFL match that resulted in seven brain bleeds. Daniel has since had continuous battles to get his health back on track.
Unfortunately, the level of industry support for Daniel following his injury was not best practice. As a parent, Peter and his wife Joanne experienced the hardships and disappointments of supporting his son and does not other parents and families to experience similar challenges. Peter is committed to challenge the AFL industry to do better in past player support.
Iain Findlay is a former Vietnam veteran, former police officer, with almost four decades of experience as a AFL player advocate. Additionally, he is a long-time supporter of the EFCPPOA. Iain is a fearless defender of players rights and welfare, providing legal counsel to athletes, coaches and clubs as well as holding the position of director of Rule Prostate Cancer and the E J Whitten Foundation. For many years Iain played an active role in fundraising via the E J Whitten Legends Game whilst heading awareness programs for men’s health, leading-edge research, and treatment clinics.
